Author's Note: Bonus Chapters will be released this weekend as I don't have time to write much during the week
Logically, the prize should be much better. Kayden couldn't even think about what it would be, but without a doubt, none of it would be spectacular and the best thing would be the chance to compete in the last phase that took place in the capital.
"Congratulations, boys and girls, you were spectacular. The school has already arranged transportation to take you home in the best possible conditions." As soon as they stepped into the VIP area, they were greeted with applause from the other students and the director.
Again, Kayden and Astolfo's team were the only ones capable of qualifying, but that was expected, considering that the two were the best in the school with an absurd difference between them and the other students.
This time, Astolfo's master didn't levitate as they were leaving the arena, perhaps because Astolfo hadn't used anything he shouldn't have.
Kayden liked the feeling of driving home, it was much faster and more comfortable, and he could very well get used to it. When he arrived, he went straight to eat something and rest.
The next day, everyone was together in the VIP area, even the teams that lost were invited to watch the event, but only those from the school that managed to qualify.
In the end, there weren't many and even though they had more than 50 teams, they barely had ten schools, this was mainly because private schools managed to maintain more than one high-performance team in their range of teams.
Similar to the previous day, the mayor was floating in the air with a friendly smile and a relaxed posture. Kayden wasn't sure about the man's realm, but it shouldn't be low for him to have control of an entire city.
The boy guessed that he was between the second and third kingdom, it wasn't anything that impressed him after being around people in the fourth kingdom who could easily eliminate this city from the map with a thought.
"Hello everyone, today we will start the last phase of our tournament, I hope everyone is as excited as I am, in a few minutes we will start the event, grab your snacks and drinks and get ready", the man's voice resounded throughout the stadium.
It didn't take long for Kayden's team to be called, this time they managed to see a few matches before being called into the arena, as there were fewer teams, and there were few simultaneous fights.
Probably, if they win this fight, the next one will be done uniquely, with just one team to be watched by everyone in the entire stadium. Once they entered the bubble, they were faced with a well-balanced team.
They were only women, and Kayden recognized the coat of arms on their clothes, they were from one of the schools aimed only at women, and they held the position of the second best school in the city, second only to the main school maintained by royalty.
The royal academy was something that had branches throughout the cities of the kingdom, its focus was mainly on recruiting and nurturing noble talents, they usually had the best teachers and resources.
The other team had two swordswomen, two offensive mages, and a support mage. At least that's what Kayden was able to identify from the clothing and equipment each of them carried.
"Start", after five preparatory minutes, the judge started the fight, this time Kayden's team went on the offensive. At this level, they could no longer count on silly mistakes from their opponents.
"Strength and speed," Kayden urged the two girls, Klaus was left to do what he thought best.
Now it was just a fair and straight fight. This was the best plan Kayden could think of after seeing that his opponents were the cream of the crop.
The first thing the boy did was use transcendence and gain a surreal increase in his physical capabilities, the two swordswomen were the first to receive the impact of a Kayden with three buff spells.
Even though they were two against one, Kayden was not afraid and his first blow was horizontal against the knight who was using a thin sword similar to a rapier, the girl even tried to defend, but the boy's strength was on another level.
She found herself being pushed completely away and leaving her guard open for Kayden's next strike to dive towards her jugular, but before that could happen, a jab from a spear from the second girl stopped Kayden from continuing.
This would be an exchange that would not be worth it, taking advantage of their attention, he released a pop flash almost at the same time as he defended himself, this caused momentary blindness in his opponents.
This little time he gained was used to give the girl another blow with the rapier, this time she was unable to defend herself and tried to retreat even though she was blind, unfortunately for her, Kayden was a difficult person to let go of.
With a straight line blow, his katana entered the girl's shoulder causing a scream of pain, the blow wasn't very deep, but it would make it impossible for her to use that arm completely.
The first to recover was the one carrying the spear, her first action was to try to take advantage of the fact that Kayden wasn't paying attention to her and deliver a strong blow bathed in flames to the boy's back.
Unfortunately, Kayden was not someone without any experience and knew this would happen, his katana drew an arc and bounced the spear to the side, at the same time, he released a concentrated beam at the blonde carrying the rapier.
Because of the short distance, she was unable to defend herself and was paralyzed, against her expectations, Kayden rushed at the redhead using the spear, because of her technique, no force was dissipated in her defense and her next strike arrived before she could. build a defense again.
Like a snake, Kayden crouched down and threw a blow with all the momentum accumulated at the girl's waist, a ball of fire came towards him at the same time, and at that moment, he had to decide.
Deciding to play it safe, he performed a feint, dodging the fireball and delivering a weaker horizontal blow. Unfortunately, the redhead had already recovered enough to defend the blow.
"Is he just focused on strength?" That was the girl's thought when her hands shook under the impact of her spear with the katana, Kayden looked like a monster under the effect of transcendence and a few more strength spells.
Only a true ninth rank could rival him in this state and the girls weren't the two were impressive being in the seventh rank and the other in the eighth, it was something worthy of an elite academy.
This time, the one who stopped Kayden from delivering a mortal blow to the redhead was the girl using the sword, her intrusion made Kayden have to retreat again, the boy had to admit that the two had good synchronization together.